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doing the quest with Doc in the first town where you defend the bank - within the first 1-5 turns (reloaded 3 times) the combat won't advance. the action point orbs just continue to cycle like it isn't my turn infinitely. help!

oops, so I just hit Space Bar (for quick fighting/real time combat?) and it unfroze. Then I hit space bar again and I can do my turn normally. Annoying, though. Any fixes besides this or ideas why it is happening?

Skwee: doing the quest with Doc in the first town where you defend the bank - within the first 1-5 turns (reloaded 3 times) the combat won't advance. the action point orbs just continue to cycle like it isn't my turn infinitely. help!

oops, so I just hit Space Bar (for quick fighting/real time combat?) and it unfroze. Then I hit space bar again and I can do my turn normally. Annoying, though. Any fixes besides this or ideas why it is happening?

This happens to me at random throughout the game; most noticeably during the Doc Roberts quest as well. Double-tapping the space bar (to exit and quickly re-enter turn-based mode) is the only fix I've ever found, at the expense of giving the bad guys a free turn.

I don't know what causes the glitch either; my guess is that one of the attackers or NPCs has enough movement points left for the AI to initiate a particular action (such as casting a spell or running toward your PC) but not enough to finish it and let you have your turn. It seems to happen most often when there are four or more NPCs/attackers for the AI to handle. Processor speed doesn't seem to make any difference, so it's probably an issue with one of the in-game algorithms.

Someone on terra-arcanum I think said it has something to do with an out of area creature trying to take a turn or a creature that died trying to take a turn. Because this is Arcanum, no one really knows what causes it for sure.